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Bubble Guppies Swim to UK’s Milkshake

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The Popular animated preschool series, “Bubble Guppies,” will air in the UK on Channel 5’s Milkshake! programming block beginning Spring 2013.

Nickelodeon Lands New Tablet Deal

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Fuhu’s award-winning nabi Jr. tablet features apps, games, videos and more from hit Nickelodeon preschool series, “Dora the Explorer,” “Team Umizoomi” and “Bubble Guppies.”

JS Communications Pulls Rhythm & Hues Bid

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South Korean entertainment and media company JS Communications withdraws its bid to acquire the El Segundo-based visual effects company Rhythm & Hues.

Thomas Newman to Score Pixar’s Good Dinosaur

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Thomas Newman, the composer of the musical scores for “Finding Nemo” and “WALL-E,” reveals that he will be collaborating on the upcoming Pixar feature, “The Good Dinosaur.”

a52 Hires CG Lead Andrew Romatz

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CG and VFX artist Andrew Romatz joins the ranks of award-winning visual effects studio a52.

Geomerics Launches Major Update to Enlighten Middleware

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New workflow features, new platform support and future game lighting technology on display at GDC 2013.

Legoland & CN Launch World of Chima

Immersive new interactive water ride, THE WORLD OF CHIMA, being built simultaneously with roll-out of major new product line and a national television series.

NVIDIA Unveils Industry's First Visual Computing Appliance

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NVIDIA GRID VCA delivers remote GPU acceleration and turnkey simplicity for small and medium-size businesses.

Adobe and MAXON Form Strategic Partnership

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MAXON and Adobe announce strategic alliance to bring creative professionals new levels of digital media content creation.

EA CEO John Riccitiello Resigns

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Electronic Arts announces change in executive leadership; Larry Probst appointed Executive Chairman.

Hornet Delivers New Stop Motion Spot

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Hornet’s Peter Sluszka creates a new stop-motion commercial campaign for Ireland's Permanent TSB.

Rhythm & Hues Posts 200 Taiwan Job Openings

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Two weeks after reports that troubled VFX studio Rhythm & Hues would be establishing operations in Taiwan, the company courts new employees for its facility in the city of Kaohsiung.

Gaumont Signs Digital Deal for Calimero

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Gaumont Animation signs a digital deal with BulkyPix to produce an app for iOS and Android based on the animated series “Calimero.”

Vision Globale Turns World Upside Down

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Vision Globale provides postproduction for Juan Diego Solanas’ “Upside Down.”

Trunk & Peepshow Animate Cyber Safety for Kaspersky

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Creative partners Trunk Animation and Peepshow collaborate on a new approach to cyber war infomercials for IT Security giant Kaspersky Lab.

Psyop Creates Interactive Experience for The Defector

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Psyop collaborates with Fathom Films and Jam3 to create a first person interactive documentary experience in Ann Shin’s “The Defector: Escape from North Korea.”

Intelligent Creatures Taps eyeon Fusion

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Intelligent Creatures returns to their production roots with eyeon Fusion.

César Pesquera Joins Cortez Bros

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Spanish filmmaker and visual artist César Pesquera joins The Cortez Brothers

The Foundry Launches MARI 2

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The Foundry launches MARI 2, a revolutionary version of The Foundry’s 3D digital paint tool.

Peppa Pig Strengthens Foothold in Asia

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eOne announces new licensing and broadcast deals for “Peppa Pig” in Asia.